[CMake] Cross compil and DESTDIR

[Claus Klein]

Hi Paul,

yes, I do it in this way and it works good.

Only if the target system is Windows, there may be a Problem if prefix  
is something like "C:/programs"  ...


But in most embedded unix like systems, there is no problem.

Claus



On 07.01.2010, at 21:30, Paul Chavent wrote:

> Hi cmake mailing list !
>
> When i cross compile with autotools, i used to do
> $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local ...
> $ make install DESTDIR=${SYSROOT}
>
> Now, with cmake i do
> $ cmake source_dir -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local ...
> $ make install DESTDIR=${SYSROOT}
>
> Is it a good practice ?
> What is the right way for doing a compilation for a foreign  
> (embedded) filesystem ?
>
>
> Thank for your help.
>
> Paul.
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